BYU ECEn Department: Michael Rice Biographical Summary

Education

Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering (1991)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Dissertation:Adaptve Reate Error Control for Slowly Varying Channels

B. S. in Electrical Engineering (1987)
Louisiana Tech Univeristy, Ruston, LA
Summa Cum Laude

Professional Experience

Jim Abrams Professor (2004 - present)
Associate Professor (1997 - present)
Assistant Professor (1991 - 1997)
Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineeirng, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Visiting Professor (1999 - 2000)
Institute for Communication Systems and Signal Processing, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow (1994, 1995)
Satellite Communications Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

Consultant (1991)
Digital Transmission Systems, Inc., Norcross, GA

Professional Activities

Northeast Area Chair, IEEE Region 6, 2005 - present

Secretary, Communication Theory Committee, IEEE Communicaitons Society, 2005 - present.

Communication Theory Symposium Technical Program Committee, IEEE Globecom 2005, St. Louis, MO.

Organizing Committee, IEEE Communication Theory Workshop 2005, Park City, UT

Chair, Equalization I Session, IEEE WCNC 2004, Atlanta, GA

Technical Program Chair, 2002 International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, CA

Chair, IEEE Signal Processing & Communications Society Chapter, Utah Section, 2001 - 2002.

IEEE Region 6 Student Activities Coordinator, 2001 - 2002

Chair, IEEE Utah Section, 1997 - 1999.

"Digital Communications" short course, Edwards AFB, CA, 2001.

"Quadrature Modulation for Aeronautical Telemetry" short course, 2000 and 2001 International Telemetering Conference.

"Error Control Coding" short course, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 International Telemetering Conference.

Chair, Coding & Moduation Session, IEEE ICC, Seattle, WA 1995.

Chair, Error Control Coding II Session, IEEE VTC, Phoenix, AZ 1997.

Session Organizer, IEEE Globecom, Phoenix, AZ 1997.

Chair, Signal Detections Techniques Session, International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, CA 1996.

Chair, Transmission Efficiency Session, International Telemetering Conference, Las Vegas, NV 1995.

Chair, Signal Processing Session, International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, CA 1994.

Awards

Best Paper Award (with T. Nelson and E. Perrins), International Telemetering Conference 2005, Las Vegas, NV.

Best Paper Award (with M. Jensen, T. Nelson, and A. Anderson), International Telemetering Conference 2004, San Diego, CA.

Outstanding Faculty Award, Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering, BYU, 2002.

Engineer of the Year, IEEE Utah Section, 2001.

Faculty Friend Award, San Diego State University, 2000.

Publications